Multi-vendor marketplace · WC Vendors
Build a WC Vendors multi-vendor marketplace on WordPress
A niche marketplace with less feature surface to manage. WP Sell Services covers service sellers free. For physical products, WC Vendors is the lighter alternative to Dokan and the Reign WC Vendors Addon styles its store and vendor pages.
The Reign theme is the only thing you have to buy. See every plugin that installs free, or have us install the whole stack for $699.
Stack recipe
What you need to assemble.
Buy the theme. Install our plugins free. The third-party engine and its Reign add-on are here for people already running that stack, not a second bill everyone pays.
Build it in 5 steps
From zero to live community.
Install Reign, the one purchase
Reign is $99 a year or $249 once for a single site, and it is the only thing here you must buy.
Add the community engine, free
BuddyNext gives vendors and customers social profiles, an activity feed, and messages at no cost. Already running BuddyPress or BuddyBoss? Keep it, and add the BuddyPress Community Bundle from $249 a year if you want our Pro community plugins on that stack.
Selling services? Start free with WP Sell Services
Service listings, seller profiles, and order requests are in the free version. Pro adds offers, milestones, commissions, and payouts from $69 a year. No WooCommerce configuration to work through before your first listing goes live.
Selling physical products? Use WC Vendors
WooCommerce plus WC Vendors free or Pro, styled by the Reign WC Vendors Addon ($39 a year for one site). Store pages and vendor lists adopt Reign styling, and WC Vendors Pro adds the commission engine.
Applications and payouts
WC Vendors has a built-in vendor application. Approve by hand for the first week to learn which vendors actually convert, then loosen the rules. Commissions split on order completion; manual PayPal payouts are fine under 50 vendors, Stripe Connect above that.
Add these free
More pieces you can add at no cost.
Same team builds the theme and the plugins, so these inherit the Reign design instead of needing custom CSS. The ones marked free install at no cost, and upgrades are sold per plugin, so nothing here needs a bundle.
BuddyNext
Our own community engine: profiles, activity, groups, messages, notifications.
Reign Demo Installer
One-click import of 30+ demo sites. Free with Reign theme.
Wbcom Essential
Free utility plugin bundling small enhancements for BP + Reign.
WB Ad Manager
Ad management + classifieds marketplace in one plugin.
BuddyPress Check-ins
Daily check-ins build streaks + accountability.
BuddyPress Follow
Follow members + see their activity in a custom feed.
BuddyPress Giphy
GIF integration in posts + comments.
BuddyPress Group Reviews
Members rate + review groups. Helps surface active spaces.
See every plugin and what its free version does. Third-party tools such as LearnDash, Dokan, and MemberPress still fit where you already run them, and Reign styles those too.
FAQ
Common questions.
WC Vendors or Dokan?
WC Vendors is simpler and lighter. Dokan has more out of the box, including front-end product editing and richer vendor profiles. Pick WC Vendors when Dokan feels like overkill. Reign has a $39-a-year add-on for either one.
Why does this guide start with WP Sell Services?
Because it is ours, it installs free, and Reign styles it directly. If your sellers list services rather than shipping goods, you can open the marketplace on the theme purchase alone and add Pro at $69 a year only when commissions and payouts start to matter.
What does the WC Vendors path cost?
Reign at $99 a year or $249 lifetime, the Reign WC Vendors Addon at $39 a year for one site, plus WC Vendors Pro if you need the commission engine. The StoreMate WC Vendors kit ships the theme and add-on together from $129 a year.
Ship it
Reign is the only thing you have to buy.
WP Sell Services and the rest of our plugins install free, and the theme styles them out of the box. Building on WC Vendors instead? The StoreMate WC Vendors kit ships the theme with the matching Reign add-on.